ARCHIVE March 30, 2026
March 30, 2026 · AL East

Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles

March 30, 2026Oriole Park at Camden YardsPartly Cloudy 70°F · 8 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Texas Rangers
3-1
5
vs
HOME
Baltimore Orioles
2-2
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TEX
Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter
IP 6
HOME · BAL
Chris Bassitt
Chris Bassitt
IP 4.1

Lineups

AWAY · TEX
  1. 1 Brandon Nimmo RF
  2. 2 Wyatt Langford LF
  3. 3 Corey Seager SS
  4. 4 Jake Burger 1B
  5. 5 Joc Pederson DH
  6. 6 Josh Smith 2B
  7. 7 Josh Jung 3B
  8. 8 Evan Carter CF
  9. 9 Kyle Higashioka C
HOME · BAL
  1. 1 Taylor Ward LF
  2. 2 Gunnar Henderson SS
  3. 3 Pete Alonso 1B
  4. 4 Adley Rutschman C
  5. 5 Tyler O'Neill DH
  6. 6 Dylan Beavers RF
  7. 7 Coby Mayo 3B
  8. 8 Colton Cowser CF
  9. 9 Blaze Alexander 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
TEX 130000001 5
BAL 100010000 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / C+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · TEX
Skip Schumaker
B- Lineup 1.0 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · BAL
Craig Albernaz
C+ Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · TEX
3-7 L2 -20 run diff
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HOME · BAL
3-7 L2 -25 run diff
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Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.77 vs actual lineup 4.82
  • Player execution +0.18 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.82 projection by 0.18 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.23 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Seager 0-for-3 batting 3rd

HOME · Baltimore Orioles
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.92 vs actual lineup 4.95
  • Player execution −2.95 R/G Players fell 2.95 short of the lineup's 4.95 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −2.92 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.8 – 4.9 — actual was 5 – 2.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.